Series I: Born-digital records, 1980 - 2023, undated
Scope and Contents
Series I: Born-digital records includes electronic records accessioned on various media carriers that are in different stages of digital preservation. Each media carrier is listed within its own subseries.
Subseries I1 contains 144, 3.5" floppy disks, Subseries I2 contains 187 compact discs, Subseries I3 contains 5 hard drives, Subseries I4 contains 34 zip disks, Subseries I5 contains 148, 5.25" floppy disks, Subseries I6 contains electronic records in cloud storage, Subseries I7 contains 1 Bernoulli disc.
Titles of all disks have been taken from their donor created labels. Dates of unprocessed media have been taken from their donor created labels and the dates of processed media denote last modified date of the extracted electronic files. Extents of unprocessed media are noted in the number of items and the extents of processed media are noted in terms of the volume of their storage on disk and electronic file count.
Dates
- Other: 1980 - 2023
- Other: undated
Conditions Governing Access
Processing of analog and digital materials is ongoing. Records are restricted till fully processed.
Partial Extent
1102.2 Gigabytes (637750 files)
Partial Extent
148 floppy_disks
Partial Extent
1 computer_disks : Bernoulli disc
Arrangement
Unprocessed media carriers have been described at the item level and only within their subseries. Media carriers that have been digitally preserved have been described at the item level within their own subseries and, when possible, at an aggregate level within their appropriate place in the intellectual arrangment.
Processing Information
For processed media carriers, disk imaging was completed using FTK imager or Guymager (within BitCurator) and all directories (root, backup, deleted) were extracted. Search for private and confidential information was done using Autopsy or Bulk Reviewer (within BitCurator). File format identification was done using DROID. Electronic folders were deduplicated and access copies were created using Python scripts. Disk images, extracted files along with their file metadata, and access copies were saved to tape.
Commercially produced media was not preserved. No access copies were created for special or proprietary file formats.
Processing of analog and digital materials is ongoing. Records are restricted till fully processed.
- media_box: ALFSN 2023002-099 (Mixed Materials)
- media_box: ALFSN 2023002-098 (Mixed Materials)
- media_box: ALFSN 2023002-097 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: ALFSN242 (Mixed Materials)
- media_box: ALFSN159 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: ALFSN163 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: ALFSN243 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: ALFSN 2023002-095 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: ALFSN 2023002-096 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the Alexander Architectural Archives Repository
University of Texas Libraries
101 E. 21st Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4621
apl-aaa@lib.utexas.edu